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(No Model.)

G. KEIBEL.

CANDLE HOLDER. No. 273,103. Patented Feb.27, 1883.

Nrrn STATES PATENT FFICE.

CARL KEIB'EL, 0F FOLSONG, NEAR TAUER, GERMANY.

. CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,103, dated February27, l1.883.

Application filed August 3, 1882. (No model.) Patentedin Germany July17, 1882 in Belgium July 17, 1882, No. 58,492; in England Jnly 17, 1882,No. 3,390, and in France July 18, 1882, No. 150,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CARL KEIBEL, a subject of the King of Prussia,residing at Folsong, near Tauer, German Empire, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders; and I do hereby dclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters. or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part o f this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in candle-holders or attachments toCandlesticks or chandeliers, and has for its object to provide meanswhereby candles of different diameters may be held by the holder withoutreducing or enlarging the diameter of such candles by shaving the end orwrapping paper or other material upon said end to reduce or enlarge itsdiameter to make it t the holder or candlestick.

The invention consists7 essentially, of a preferably conical or taperingsleeve or thimble, screwthreaded upon its interior periphery, andpreferably cut away to form tongues or fingers, for purposes hereinafterdescribed; and the invention further consists in the combination, withthe screw-threaded sleeve, of an inclosing sleeve or thimble, providedin its bottom with openings, for purposes herein after set forth 5 andthe invention further consists in constructing the holder in such manneras to adapt it for general use on Candlesticks or holders of. usualconstruction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an y elevation of an ordinarycandlestickprovided with the improved holder, shown in section. Fig. 2shows the holder and part of the candlestick in elevation. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the holder and its inclosing-sleeve. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the inclosing-sleeve detached. Figs. 5 and 6 show the holder detachedin section and by a plan view,.respectively, the sections being taken online .r x of the latter iigure. Fig. 7 shows in section the holder withits inclosing-sleeve mounted upon a plug for application to eandlesticksof usual construction.

.Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the above figures ofdrawings.

The holder may be permanently attached to or formed on a can dlestick,and made of any suitable material in which a screwthread may be molded,cut, or spun--suchas metal, sheet metal, glass, or porcelain, or othersuitable material-and when so constructed the holder may or may not beprovided with a screwtheaded shank to screw it into a boss or bearingformed'in the upper tubular part of the candlestick. I prefer, however,to make the holder, with its inclosing-sleeve, detachable from theCandlestick, so as to facilitate the cleaning thereof, or so as toreadlyreplace it in case it should become broken when formed of some fragilematerial.

The holder is adapted for'use with or without an inclosing-sleeve. Inpractice I preferably employ such a sleeve to receive and hold thedrippings of the candle, as well as the cuttings taken from the endthereof when the candle is screwed into the holder. If preferred,however, the Candlestick may be provided with a projecting, flaring, orother iange or rim on a level with the upper face of the boss, in whichthe holder is seated, not to receve the drippings from the candle only,but also to receive the cuttings taken from the end of the candle whenit is screwed into the holder.

The holder itself, when made of a rigid material, is made to taper fromits flaring mouth downward, to adapt it to hold candles of differentdiameters. This is, however, not absolutely necessary when the holder ismade of some more or less flexible material, in which the screw-threadmay be cut or spun, in which case the holder may be made practicallytubular, since the fingers or tongues will be more or less elastic, andsaid tongues forming a trumpet-shaped or daring mouth, candles ofvarious diameters maybe held thereby, as the tongue `will yield radiallyto a greater or less extent either way. When, however, the holder isconstructed of a more or less exible mate rial, the tongues shouldpossess sufficient rigidity to insure their cutting into the end of andhold the candle securely.

To facilitate the removal of the drippings IOS and cuttings, and toavoid the soiling ofthe Candlestick, the inclosing-sleeve is preferablymade detachable from the holder proper, and is provided in its bottomwith a central aperture and two 0r more circumferential openings, thatafford access through its under side, and whereby such drippings orcuttings may be readily removed.

In the accompanying drawings, C indicates the Candlestick, provided witha boss or seat, c, that has a central screw-threaded opening, c", forthe reception of the screw-threaded shank or stem h of the holder H.

The holder H consists of a base-disk, h', to which-is securely attached,or upon which is formed, a shank, h, and of three (more or less) fingersor tongues, h2, having their upper portions made to iare or curve moreor less ontwardly, and preferably made to taper from their upper daringedges to the disk 7i. -A continuous screw-thread common to all thetongues is formed upon or cut in their inner faces, as shown, eachtongue presenting, therefore, upon its vertical faces a series of sharpcutting-points, p, formed by the apex of the salient angle of thescrew-threads. This arrangement facilitates the fixing into positionofthe Candle, as the sharp edges will readily bitein and take hold ofthecandle when screwed into the holder. When the holder is made of sheetmetal, the sleeve, after having the screwthread Cut or spun thereon, maythen be cut away to form the elastic tongues h2,and where the metal iscut away a series of very sharp Cutting-points will be formed upon theedges, as above set forth.

The inclosin g YVsleeve or thiinble Sois tubular, and has a daringmouth, s, and preferably a recurved tiange, s', as shown. In its bottomis formed a central opening, s2, through which the shank h of the holderproper passes. Itis further provided with two (more or less)Circnmferential openings, s3, arranged around vthe central opening, s2.

The shank hof the candlestick may be provided with any suitablescrew-thread, either a screw-thread adapted to be screwed to a metallicseat, or a wood-screw thread, as shown in Fig. 7, to adapt it to bemounted upon a plug or cork, B, for use with and as an attachment forany usual form of Candlestick.

It will be seen that when the shank of the holder H is passed throughthe opening s2, and the holder screwed into its seat or plug, the latterwill tirmly hold'the sleeve or thimble S in position.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination,with a candlestick or analogous device, of a holder composed of aninteriorly-screw-threaded sleeve tapering from top downward, into whichcandles of various diameters may be screwed, as described.

2. The combination, with a Candlestick or analogous device, of a holdercomposed of aseries oftingers or tongues provided u pon their innerfaces with a continuous screw-thread common to all the tongues, betweenwhich the candle is screwed, and by which it is securely held, asdescribed.

3. The combination, with a Candlestick or analogous device provided witha boss or seat having a screw-threaded opening, of a holder composed ofa series of tongues or fingers provided upon their inner faces with acontinuous screw-thread common to all the tongues, and with ascrew-threadedstem or shank, whereby said holder may be'detaohablyconnected with said candlestick, as and for the purposes specified.

4. The combination, with acandlestick or analogous device having a bossor seat provided with a screw-threaded opening, of a candle-holderprovided with a screwthreaded shank, and an inclosing-sleeve for thesame provided in its bottom with openings 83, and adapted to be mountedupon said shank, and held firmly between the holder and seat on theCandlestick when said holder is screwed thereto, as described, and forthe purposes specified.

5. The combination, with a Candlestick or analogous device having a bossor seat provided with a screwthreaded opening, of a holder composed of atapering sleeve provided with an interior screw-thread and ascrewthreaded shank, said sleeve being cut away to form a series of moreor less elastic fingers or tongues, having upon their vertical edges aseries of cutting-points formed by the apices of the salient angles ofsaid screw-thread, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an attachment for Candlestickscomposed ofa downwardly-tapering holder formed of fingers or tonguesprovided upon their inner surfaces with a continuous screw-thread commonto all the tongues, said holder being provided with a shank whereby itmay be secured to a cork or other plug inserted in any usualcandlestick, and whereby candles of different diameters may be heldthereby, as set forth.

7. As a new article ofmannfaoture, the hereindescribed candle-holder Hand its inclosingsleeve S, constructed foroperation and attachment to aCandlestick of usual construction, substantially as shown and described,for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI afX my signature in y presence of two witnesses.

CARL KEIBEL.

Witnesses G. LOUBIER, B. Rog.

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